Nightshade is an adventure developed by Beam Software, released 31 January 1992 on Nintendo Entertainment System and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Nightshade is
Nightshade is an adventure game developed by Beam Software and released in 1992. It was published by Bleem!. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
IT IS MANKIND'S DARKEST DAY! The shadows of doom grow long as the ancient Egyptian villain Sutekh envelops Metro City with a wave of crime. But Sutekh's seedy underworld is about to be infiltrated by a superhero unlike the world has even seen. A superhero who can melt into the darkness like a phantom. By day this brave crimefighter is a common ordinary citizen. But when night falls, he is cloaked in a secret identity to seek out and destroy the dark forces that lurk on midnight streets. Who is this man the press calls Nightshade? Only you can answer that... for he is you. Every night you solidify your superhero status, patrolling one hundred of the city's darkest corners, including King…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 7.5 hrs.
What it launched against
Nightshade launched on 31 January 1992, within three weeks of X-Men, Baseball Stars 2 and Romancing SaGa.
Released around the same time: X-Men, Baseball Stars 2, Romancing SaGa.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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